TEH 088: Real Viruses and How Old Games Die-Leo speaks from the epicenter of the Corona virus outbreak and Gary tries to figure out how to archive old games that won't play without flash... and finally, bye bye Mr. Robot.

TEH 083: Back and Better Than Ever — Edge?-We're back, just a little tweaked. Something's clearly frozen over because Edge is good now. Apple’s privacy push is actually working. 1960s Lunar Orbiter images, saved from loss, are amazing. Plus: Picard, The Innovators, and retirement accounts for kids. Show Notes: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh83

A Brief Hiatus-Schedules are complicated, and with the holidays fast approaching we've decided to take a little break.

TEH 082: Literally Literally Means Literally-In This Episode: Live on silicon from an Undisclosed Location in the TEH Tower! New Tesla updates in self-driving and audio streaming. How we all know each other. Windows 10X. Show Notes: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh82

TEH 081: To Be Continued…-Kevin's new puppy. Gary's new iPhone. Apple Arcade and whether only 100 is really any different than the "top" 100. We briefly discuss a quantum computing breakthrough that maybe both true and not true. A death among Leo's acquaintances has him reminding us to make sure someone can access your accounts in case of disasters. We then go on to spend most of the episode discussing the state of streaming, the various networks we're all going to have to sign up for, and how it's a case of "be careful what you wish for". We'd never watch an 8 hour movie, but we'll happily binge watch a 10 episode streaming show. Story arc's are all the rage, so be sure to tune in next week...

TEH 080: Now In 3D!-In This Episode: Kevin’s blowing his AV budget. Leo spent time behind the camera. Gary follows up on last week’s Apple announcement, and is eagerly awaiting a new iPhone. Netflix is losing more than just subscribers. MoviePass is no longer. People will over-react to a LastPass issue. Subscription models leads to better software.

TEH 079: This is a Test; This is Only a Test-Thunder & lightning (very very frightening!), vintage computers in German, what to expect from the next Apple event (or not), Notepad and other apps(we hope?) moving to the Microsoft Store, Windows PowerToys, How Twitter CEO's Twitter account was hacked, Disney goes a'LARPing, and the FCC REALLY doesn't like it when you use the emergency broadcast tones.

TEH 078: We’re All Under Constant Attack-A week with Apple Card. Discontinued vodka. 78 RPM vinyl, and the potential for laser record players. Bill Nye sells out while Mac Book sells Surface. Server security: everything connected to the internet is under constant attack (even you)! Show Notes: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh78

TEH 076: Seeing is Not Believing-Adobe's AI for detecting photoshop alteration leads to a discussion on deepfake video, implications on society, and what, if anything, can be done. Elon Musk posts an awesome video of a booster return and landing. Cameras using lasers to take 3-D photos. More help in the fight against ransomware. Kevin's cleaning up cables, and Leo's cleaning up after Corgis. Show notes: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh76

TEH 075: It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature!-Dogs falling of cliffs, GPS systems failing, the Zoom privacy issue that wasn't really an issue at all, different ways of recording the podcast, using AI to make it look like you're looking at the camera, Europe's GPS goes down, and some interesting GPS tracking scenarios. Show notes: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh75

TEH 074: Look Both Ways Before You Download-Mac versus PC detente. The TV in Gary's bathroom, driven by Raspberry Pi. Living off the grid. Conspiracies live! Backing up the podcast. News sources. Sony Walkman is 40 years old. CrescentCore malware is new and trying to hide. Take precautions before crossing the street, and before downloading anything. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh74

TEH 072: Sign in with Who?-Neal Stephenson's latest. Downloading entire websites. Connectivity while travelling is getting easier. "Sign in With Apple", and the pros and cons and privacy of letting a third party like Apple (or Google, or Facebook, or Microsoft) serve as a single authentication service. Show Notes: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh72

TEH 069: Rainy Days and Mondays-New Episode: SciFi, SVG, Microsoft Edge for ...Mac? Two-factor authentication does work. And can Adobe sue you for using an old version of its software? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/69

TEH 068: I Disagree With Your Disagreement-New Episode: Traveling with cell phones. Can politicians (legally) block people from their social media feeds? Linux coming to Windows?! And fake meat: how good is it, really? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh68

TEH 065: Take Me Out to the Thumb Drive-In This Episode: GPS's "Y2K" was about as eventful as Y2K (but with one interesting failure). 2001 (the movie), U2s (the plane), and tech in sports. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh65

TEH 064: Distributed Preservation of Services Attack-In This Episode: Meet us in Denver tonight. BASIC. The Internet Archive sucks up Google+ (in a hurry!) Office Depot is busted in fraud scheme. Space junk. And will Apple News+ help, or hurt, the publishing industry? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh64

TEH 062: What Time Is It?-In This Episode: Who needs the Internet to send Bitcoin when you can do it via ham radio? Might twice-yearly time changes be going out ...soon? (We hope so!) Apple closing some of its stores — to fight patent trolls?! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh62

TEH 60: Google’s Stupid and They Do Stupid Stuff-In This Episode: Several examples of Google doing absolutely incredibly stupid things, like blaming content creators for what Google itself puts into their content. Plus: AMP pages, foldable phones, and is the "ISO Rating" setting on digital cameras "fake"? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh60

TEH 059: One Remote to Rule Them All-In This Episode: AI is now creating realistic people. Truly universal remotes. It's now possible to get human help from Google (but yagotta pay -- a little! -- for it). It's not amazing that an old computer works. Old and moldy: autonomous cars; New and exciting: autonomous ...bicycles?! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh59

TEH 058: Relatively Normal to Aggressive Usage-In This Episode: Using a password vault is not enough: you need something else too.... How Randy was convinced to upgrade his computer from Win 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. Hard drive (the spinning kind's) reliability. That's right: USB cables can be weaponized. AT&T sued for saying its phones are "5G" now. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh58

TEH 057: We See the Light!-In This Episode: The incredible advances in LED lighting. Come to a MeetUp with us! How to lose $137 million in cryptocurrency. Can electric airplanes help fix pilot shortages? Lookaline URLs, AI-generated spices, and Apple slaps Facebook. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh57

TEH 056: We’re All Going to Die! (Or Live, or Whatever)-In This Episode: Super Mario 45 RPM records?! (Yes!) It's National Data Privacy Day. Should you still use 2FA to secure your logins? (Yes!) New FaceTime bug. Do you Twitch while you sleep? Samsung promises to be more environmentally aware. And the NSA is watching. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh56

TEH 055: Stop Judging Kevin-In This Episode: This week we go to the dogs. Bulging batteries. Massive email/password breach: what to DO about it? (Not much!) Can robots "love" us? (Eh.) The end of robocalls? (Maybe!) And does "screen time" really "change kids' brains?" Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh55

TEH 054: Level Up Your Battlestation-In This Episode: New computers, and old languages. The Earth's shifting magnetic fields are screwing up GPS (sort of). The U.S. government shutdown is affecting .gov web sites for an interesting reason. Pixels on your wall. Tesla says "Pwn Us". Can the police make you unlock your phone? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh54

TEH 053: The Mechanical Clock Enthusiast Hour-In This Episode: OK, not an hour on clocks, but some! Timepieces, new monitors, and streaming TV (oh my!) Plotters, pens, and Bandersnatch! And space is grabbing our attention lately, with Ultima Thule and the moon. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh53

TEH 052: Ladies and Gentlemen, Voyager 2 has Left the Heliosphere-In This Episode: What does it mean that Voyager 2 has left the heliosphere? Google+ is really, really dying. So, apparently, is Tumblr. And at least the older ScanSnaps. And the Microsoft Edge browser. But GitHub becomes an official government source ...for laws?! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh52

TEH 051: Paper Spam: Coming to a Printer Near You?-In This Episode: The Marriott breach: should the executives go to jail? 5G (not?) coming to a phone near you. Can spammers print messages to your Internet-connected printer? (Maybe!) An unlikely iPhone scam. Advances in E-Ink. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh51

TEH 050: Floppies in Space-In This Episode: TEH starts its second year! Landing on Mars. Son of Spectre. Hacking CPAP machines to better treat sleep apnea. Astronaut finds a cache of old floppy disks. Is Apple's App Store an (illegal) monopoly? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh50

TEH 049: We Deserve Better-In This Episode: Google again steps up as the Internet Police. Is Bitlocker the problem, or the solution? Fuzzbots to the rescue? Can you be arrested for remotely wiping your cell phone? (Yes!) Jump to shark, and being informed about Informed Delivery. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh49

TEH 048: A Taxing Situation-In This Episode: Election coverage goes increasingly high tech. "Ballot selfies" are illegal in some states. Drone swarms will soon be deployed in search & rescue emergencies. The burden on small businesses having to collect sales taxes: it's going to be very complicated, and may force many out of business. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh48

TEH 047: This Cloud Thing — We Should Do Something With That-In This Episode: IBM: trying to stay relevant? New copyright rules means you can fix your own phone, and...! The Hubble Space Telescope, no CAPTCHA in ReCAPTCHA? Bitcoin's electricity draw, and Facebook is spying on us? Say it ain't so! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh47

TEH 044: The Announcer’s Test-In This Episode: We cover two definite NOT breaches of the Week: Google+ and Chinese Chips. The problematic Windows 10 October Update. Parents might want to check their local Sex Offender Registry before their kids head out on Halloween. And wait until you hear the Announcer's Test. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh44

TEH 043: Don’t Be Evil …Forever!-In This Episode: Google dumped its "Don't Be Evil" promise years ago, but can a new idea to "decentralize the web" work, and keep its promise forever? The Facebook breach affects more than your Facebook account. Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt project. And game streaming? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh43

TEH 042: You Don’t Own That-New Episode: Big changes coming to music copyrights. Google backpedals on WWW. Android turns 10. Do you answer your phone if you don't know who's calling? Scrabble is OK with EW. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh42

TEH 041: Don’t Copyright My Loot Box-In This Episode: Update on the Brazilian State Museum fire: social media to the rescue! Another month, another new EU law: copyright -- will it affect those outside the EU? Game “Loot Boxes”: is that gambling? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh41

TEH 040: Something Random Floated In From Japan-In This Episode: Google is trying to "kill off" the www. (and the m.) in URLs. The Ocean Cleanup project has a huge job ahead of it. Microsoft plans to implement a "monthly charge" for Windows 7 support: but you can't have it! Plus: CRISPR. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh40

TEH 039: Going to the Dogs-In This Episode: If Google is "fooled" by insecure network-based security, can any of us be fully confident in such devices? Digitizing museums: Can you back up history? (Yes! And we should.) Sony's new Aibo robot dog: cool, or crazy? And a working Apple I is going on auction. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh39

TEH 038: Your Face Rings a Bell-In This Episode: Scanner OCR software may be uploading your documents to the cloud -- and showing them to anyone who knows where to look. U.S. airports are starting to get facial recognition software. Twitter has new rules for bots. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh38

TEH 037: Listening Devices *Everywhere*-In This Episode: Routers are in the news again: how to ensure your router is as safe as possible. Do Netflix and other streaming services want you to stop sharing your password? And maybe user reviews are coming to an end: they're being gamed. Plus: Universities are starting to put Amazon Echo devices everywhere. Creepy, or useful? https://TEHpodcast.com/teh37

TEH 035: Unnecessary, Mean-Spirited, and Harmful-In This Episode: Using Dropbox for backups. Is two-factor authentication too weak to use? (No!) Scores of Android apps had malware -- but it's not a problem because.... New exploit in WPA2. SpaceX launch. Google sucking up to China. And Apple blowing off affiliates. Show Notes: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh35

TEH 033: I Am Root!-In This Episode: It doesn't have to be a "data breach" to be a real screwup, so how to protect yourself? Corgis, Coffee and Vodka, oh my! British Airways screws up the concept of privacy. Cisco screws up the concept of security. The surprising way 12 new moons of Jupiter were discovered. Satellites using ...film?! And the tech behind TEH. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh33

TEH 032: Vienna Waits for You-In This Episode: Macy's department store chain totally flubs the Breach of the Week. Did Obama "lose" 2 million Twitter followers (nope). Gboard adds ...Morse Code input?! Man jailed for refusing to unlock his phone for cops on a traffic stop. Features being added to ...Notepad?! (Randy outgeeks Leo?!) Rumor: Photoshop is coming to iPad (but can it handle it?) Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh32

TEH 031: What a Gas-In This Episode: Scanning junk mail, hackers get free gas, hospital pager systems expose private data, what is Plugspreading? Siri Shortcuts may bring coding back to typical users, Wikipedia protests EU copyright law proposal, U.S. Postal Service uses the wrong picture, and a surprising copyright decision the other way. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh31

TEH 030: Virtual Pollution-In This Episode: Yes, steam engines are tech, and this week's special guest host shows her chops with them. Breach of the Week: your information can be lost even if you don't do business with a company. You won't believe who is doing closed captioning on videos. More on Github, and how did a STORK (the bird!) run up a huge phone bill?! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh30

TEH 029: Get Off My Lawn, Punk-In This Episode: We discuss two major tech rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Twitter "Smytes" a bunch of tech companies. Electric scooter wars. It's a bad idea to try stealing an Internet domain at gunpoint. The Breach of the Week was not discovered for a year. And Google wants to measure things. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh29

TEH 028: Padlocks Need Security?-In This Episode: The advantage of being in Europe if there's a credit card breach (and there was). The world's worst $99 IoT padlock. iPhones don't tell 911 your location when you have an emergency? "Mac is Dead" (long live the Mac). Neat device help the deaf to participate in conversations. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh28

TEH 027: Git With The Program-In This Episode: Microsoft pays a boatload of money for GitHub: will that affect open source software? We bring in a guest to talk about it. Now that Net Neutrality is officially repealed, now what? And a prediction about GDPR. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh27

TEH 026: Please Take Your Assigned Seat-In This Episode: The FBI wants you to reboot your router — but is that enough? (The REAL story is how they know about this.) No, Amazon’s Alexa isn’t sending everything you say to others. Star Wars Solo. And countries are pushing to go cashless — but how does that affect buskers?! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh26

TEH 025: Help Me Obi Wan Kenobi, You’re Our Only Hope-In This Episode: Now everybody knows where you (and your kids!) are -- an extra-concerning Breach of the Week for parents. Google slapping web sites that are "Not Secure" ...even when they don't need to be. Yanni, or Laurel (and how that reflects the blue/gold dress thing a few years back). And the first Holographic cell phone isn't quite to "Princess Leah" level yet, but it's a stepping stone in that direction. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh25

TEH 024: Everything Really Was Everywhere-In This Episode: Traveling with tech. Three Breaches of the Week. Do hobby bloggers have to comply with the EU's new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)? That's a definite ...maybe. And the dangers of car "fobs". Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh25

TEH 022: Mongo Only Pawn in Game of Life-In This Episode: Blue Origin successfully test-launches -- and lands -- their New Shepherd rocket and human-capable capsule. The latest Breach of the Week should have Bezop cryptocurrency investors on guard (and any site using the Mongo data base). Millions of hotel doors may be easily opened by hackers. T-Mobile buys Sprint. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh22

TEH 021: Remote Detonator-In This Episode: Playing with PLATO. Travel technology. Scraping the S3 bucket. SmugMug smug about buying Flickr. Warranty NOT void if removed. Things not to name your WiFi hotspot. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh21

TEH 019: This is a RAID-In This Episode: Think your backups are safe because you have a big RAID drive pack? Think again. Another week, another data breach ...or five. Ransomware targets 911 centers. Renewable energy meet electric school buses. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh19

TEH 018: Breach of the Week-In This Episode: Ready Player One! There's a good way for a company to handle a data breach, and there's a bad way -- and this week, there was an example of each. The latest in Space. And if Apple makes their own processors, will that break existing software? (There's varying opinions....) Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh18

TEH 017: Facebook (Pro, Con, & In Between)-In This Episode: Facebook has been hit with a lot of bad press lately, and we discuss whether you should be worried about your privacy. Should you #DeleteFacebook? SpaceX and Tesla did. And new lower-cost tablets from Google (Chrome OS) and Apple (iPad). Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh17

TEH 016: The Linux of Colleges-In This Episode: The Eero Wi-Fi home system. Self-driving Uber kills pedestrian. University of Arizona tries to determine which students may drop out. The Atari VCS console that may or may not one day exist. What Airgapping is and the scary things that could come of it. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh16

TEH 015: From the Secret Lair-In This Episode: The four hosts get together in person to record this episode. We can't tell you where we are, but Dick Cheney was our waiter. We talked on a wide variety of subjects, from voice recorders to Net Neutrality, satellite broadband, Google wanting to expand AMP web-wide, burger-flipping robots, Facebook fading, Nonograms, adding to the Internet Archive, and more. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh15

TEH 014: Occam and Hanlon’s Razor Fight-In This Episode: The "Sonic Attacks" on U.S. diplomats in Cuba may be solved -- and if they're right, could we be seeing more of the problem? Will a "doorbell camera" help solve the package theft problem? What's behind the revocation of tens of thousands of SSL (web site security) certificates. Nerd cruises. And Wordpress dominates. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh14

TEH 013: The Next Scam is Already Out There-In This Episode: You can share (presumably with trusted people) your exact location, built-in with Google Maps, or with other apps. Is Google helping music pirates — and profiting from linking to them? Playboy sues a site for “copyright infringement” not because they infringed their copyright, but because they linked to a page that did. ... Read more

TEH 012: Google, Elon Musk, Google, and Elon Musk-In This Episode: We chat about changes in Google's Chrome browser that users like, changes in Google Image Search that users hate, and Hyperloop and SpaceX and Starlink (oh my!) Plus: will postcards save Democracy from the Russians? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh12

TEH 011: Giant 3D TV Screens …in the Sky?!-The Falcon Heavy launch: why put a Tesla up, and the engineering of the whole thing. Google tells webmasters they "have to" make their sites secure (https) by July, or there will be trouble (and what does that mean for users?) The HQ Trivia game, and the ramifications of cheating on it. The Olympic drone squadron: where will it lead? An interesting Amazon-related scam. Show Page: https://tehpodcast.com/teh11

TEH 010: In How Many Pieces will Falcon Heavy Land?-In This Episode: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is scheduled for its first flight tomorrow, and attempt to soft-land all three rocket cores: will it land in three pieces, or millions? Amazon has set up some interesting tech to keep Alexa from responding when they don't want it to (and users have figured out other interesting hacks). Youtube to label propaganda items as "state-sponsored" -- and that includes PBS?! How ads work on Youtube -- and most web sites. Microsoft removes a useful backup capability from Windows. And an update on cell phone safety. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh10

TEH 009: Skynet’s Self-Awareness is Behind Schedule-In This Episode: Will the U.S. government nationalize the 5G network? Probably not. Celebs/politicians buy Twitter followers to look more important. How to tell Google to stop showing you ads and articles that don't actually interest you. Online memes can be valuable. HomePod, and more on Spectre. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh9

TEH 008: Go to Amazon-In This Episode: Amazon's Go store in Seattle is open to the public, and you can take stuff and walk out. Facebook is going to try crowd-sourcing its news bias. A startup called Cargo is making it possible for rideshare drivers to put little vending machines in their cars. Fire TV can be frustrating if you want to watch YouTube since Amazon and Google remain in a feud. Google develops an AI voice that sounds real. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh8

TEH 007: The Hawaii Fiasco (and Other Expensive Things)-In This Episode: What happened in Hawaii (ballistic missiles incoming, oh my!) was more of a tech problem than human error. Changes in Facebook's news feed (again?) The "Internet Sales Tax" goes back to court. And later this year, you won't have to sign for credit card purchases anymore. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh7

TEH 006: Having a Meltdown over Spectre-In This Episode: Scare headlines over new exploits that will result in all your passwords and credit card numbers being swiped by Bad Guys? Maybe not. Same with the password manager autofill "problem." And the headlines about how cell phones are some sort of health risk. Alexa is everywhere! And Tech that died in 2017. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh6

TEH 005: Make Sure Your Bugs Are Current-In This Episode: Should you follow Computerworld's advice and "Make sure Windows Auto Update is turned off"? (No!) Patreon's mighty back-pedaling: is it enough damage control, and what will non-techie creators do now? The new iMac Pro: a "$13,000+ computer"? Does Bitcoin actually use as much power as all of Denmark, or is something fishy about this? And: Did Facebook really "admit" that using Facebook is "bad for you"? (Not exactly....) Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh5

TEH 004: Say ‘Please’ to Alexa, et al.-In This Episode: Patreon changes how they charge contributors, and everyone is mad. Amazon and Google feud over Chromecast not being allowed in the Amazon store. Google serves up video answers from celebrities. Should we be nice to our digital assistants? Man creates art using Microsoft Excel as his canvas. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh4

TEH 003: The Chatbot Will See You Now-In This Episode: The Macintosh "Root Password" problems, and the scare-tactic headlines. Why Windows isn't "about to get a game-changing feature" despite a clickbait headline. Can chatbots help deter child sex exploitation? Google's new Android app helps limit mobile data usage. And saving bits of computer history: ironically, much of it isn't digitized for archive storage. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh3

TEH 002: You’re Being Followed-In This Episode: Why it's a bad idea to search Google to get to a web site, rather than just go to that web site. Amazon scoops up HALF of online "Black Friday" purchases -- and revealed its top sellers. We weigh in on Net Neutrality. Another week, another big web site hack revealed. Or two. Guarding against credit card skimmers: there's an app for that! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh2

TEH 001: I For One Welcome Our New A.I. Overlords-In This Episode: A laughable review of the new Kindle Oasis. Twitter goes 280. New “Quad9” DNS server protects against malware. Proposed ATSC 3.0 TV standard. The fragmentation of streaming for TV cord-cutters. Are kids’ smartwatches really “illegal” in Germany? And forget Mac vs. PC: the new “religious wars” may be about worshiping the right benevolent A.I. construct. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh1